So much for the mild / dry winter... Seems like the past week has been filled with rain and crazy wind. I opted to do the BME Racing Saturday morning ride from the Pali YMCA at 0730am, over the Pali, out to Hygenic, then back to town via Mokapu and Makapuu. Turned out to be a pretty good ride with no rain and some time spent going fast.
After the ride I took another one of the ARE (Architect Registration Exam)... #4 out of 7. Hard to say how well the multiple choice section went, but the graphic seemed to be easy. Fingers crossed for a pass letter in the mail!
I spent the afternoon inhaling food, then decided to go and do a hot lap of Tantalus. It looked dry when I left my apartment, but that changed about half way up... Rain, rain, and more rain... The Tantalus side wasn't super wet, but Round Top was pretty wild. I think I went through a set of brake pads on the descent.
The next race I'll be doing is Tantalus TT on April 4, so until then I'll be doing intervals / climbs on days ending with a "y".
I spent Sunday catching up on sleep and procrastinating about going riding, or surfing. By the time I hit the road it was pissing rain HARD... Couldn't find my rain cape... Skinsuit, jersey, armwarmers, clear lenses... Go! The weather dried up about 5 miles into the ride so I decided to venture up the access road above the entrance to Hanauma Bay. A few friends had done it and it sounded nasty, so I figured I'd check it out. I'm training on 53/44 rings right now, and that combined with another mechanical reason, I was stuck to climbing that biatch in the 44 x 15. Not sure exactly what the grade is, but it felt like 15% or steeper. The road is also narrow so doing the paperboy weave isn't much help. After getting to the top and snapping some photos, I watched a storm roll in from the east...
The weather turned heinous in a hurry and the ride home was a wet one!
Mr UPS should have a nice box of Dura-Ace 7900 parts sitting for me when I get home tonight. With some luck, I'll hopefully have my Scott Addict R1 up and running this week. It's going to be so sweet to have a bike that weighs 13lb + some change after hauling around the 22lb Scott Speedster all winter.
